The Jesuit church of St. Xavier in Leoben, built in the 17th-century Baroque style, contains a 13th-century Romanesque-era crucifix that predates the building by four centuries. The dedication to Francis Xavier, the Jesuit missionary to India and Japan canonized in 1622, places the church in the Counter-Reformation building wave that the Habsburg emperors backed across Styria. Leoben is also home to the Pestsäule plague column and the Montanuniversität. Free entry; a short walk from Leoben Hauptbahnhof.
church in Leoben
Pfarrkirche St. Xaver
The Jesuit church of St. Xavier in Leoben, built in the 17th century in the Baroque style, holds a 13th-century crucifix that predates the building by four centuries.
- Type
- church
- Destination
- Leoben
- Cost
- Free to visit
- Founded
- 17th century
- Era
- Baroque
- Address
- Kirchgasse, 8700 Leoben, 8700 Leoben
- Coordinates
- 46.9747, 15.3359